1) How not to sell your Phoenix home – Jay shows you how one listing does just about everything wrong. Best part may be I pulled him up in the MLS and everyone of his listings is the same as this.
2) The Bankrate Mortgage Rate Trend Index Was Less than 25% Accurate In 2009 – All buyers seem to ask their lenders the question, should I lock now? Well turns out the lenders are less accurate than flipping a coin.
3) Sucking the Wind out of Sails: Why Mobile Won’t Matter in 2010 – Rob always has a very interesting, thought provoking take on most issues. I find myself agreeing with him a lot, but in this case I think he is reading to much into it. I see his point, just don’t believe in the real life applications if plays that big of a factor. If mobile fails in 2010 it will be because no one is making the mobile app worth using.
4) I Can’t Give You the Good Stuff.. – First, to bad everyone does not have Heather’s ethics when it comes to this issue and second if you are looking for a great marketing idea that will be easy and inexpensive to do, here it is.
5) Outside.in Hyperlocal Search – Most bloggers will tell you hyperlocal websites are the way to go. Here is an interesting new tool that could make that easier for you.
6) Property Appraisal Insight – from Philip Spool, ASA – Sure, but when you have 2 appraisers look at the same house and their values are 20% off, it does make you scratch your head.
7) How to Tell If You’re Going to Be Successful – Look in your car or around your office and ask yourself this, if someone were to look at them could they tell what you did?
8) Shame On You REALTOR.com for Promoting Dual Agency – This is more or less because I want to hear people’s opinions. I disagree with NAR/Realtor.com on many issues, but this one I think the post reaches to far. The agent handles it exactly how it should be handled in my opinion, come into my office and we will talk, and I will show you other people’s listings not just mine.
9) Let’s Play the Trulia Valuation Game! Prizes to the Winner! – Want to win free SEO consulting? Play this game. Although not being allowed to take money from agents I am not sure how it happens.
10) National BLS: The Future is Listing Home Buyers – New model of a buyer’s database instead of home database. The only thing I see why it won’t be big is it is not the best thing for a buyer. The buyer will miss to many houses this way, a MLS search will be much better to not miss houses.
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Thank you for posting about NationalBLS.
We do not see ourselves as an alternative to the standard search of the MLS for a home. We view ourselves as an additional resource for buyers to market themselves to sellers. 68% of the sellers who are registering on our site to contact buyers have yet to list their property for sale and it is access to this shadow market that we are enabling.
Duncan thanks for the explanation, I see it as a great resource for sale by owner, will be interested in watching it develop.